Brushstrokes, Palettes and Paint Pots: Uncovering the artist behind Meerkat Mail, Wolves and Too Much Stuff
Brushstrokes, Palettes and Paint Pots: Uncovering the artist behind Meerkat Mail, Wolves and Too Much Stuff
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Location
Date
Description
St Bride Foundation and Online via Zoom
In-person time (BST):
Doors/bar: 18:15
Talk starts: 19:00
Talk ends: 20:30
In-person tickets: £8, £10, £12.
Please note: for in-person tickets please ensure you arrive promptly as you will need to be seated before 6:50pm to ensure the live streaming of the online event is not disrupted. Late comers may potentially not be admitted. Please can you take a lateral flow test on the day of the talk to make sure you are Covid-free before attending. These are not mandatory but we ask as a courtesy for the well-being of other attendees.
Online time (BST):
19:00-20:30
Online tickets: £3, £5
Please note: you will be emailed the Zoom link for the talk at 6pm GMT on the day of the talk.
Join Emily Gravett the twice Kate Greenaway Medal winning illustrator as she chats to her editor Suzanne Carnell, Publisher at the children’s book imprint Two Hoots. Emily’s distinctive illustrations and stories are laced with wit and unexpected turns. Best known for now picture book classics like Meerkat Mail and Orange Pear Apple Bear they’ll talk about Emily’s journey to becoming an illustrator, how they work together, the art of entertaining the reader as well as the young listener and look at her new book 10 Cats.
Emily Gravett has a rare talent indeed for creating exceptional picture books which have enormous appeal for both children and adults. The winner of two CILIP Kate Greenaway Medals, her skill and wit are second to none. Emily first sprang into the limelight with the ground-breaking Wolves in 2005, which has been followed by such modern classics as Meerkat Mail, Little Mouse’s Big Book of Fears, Monkey and Me and Again! and the fabulous Bear and Hare series for younger readers, as well as the beautiful Tidy, Old Hat, Cyril and Pat and Meerkat Christmas. Each book is unique and different from the last – and each features endearing, beautifully drawn characters that touch the heart and tickle the funny bone. Emily lives in Brighton with her family.
After working for over twenty years in publishing, including a decade heading up the picture book list at Macmillan Children’s Books, in 2016 Suzanne Carnell launched her own illustrated imprint, Two Hoots, with the ambition to publish illustrated books with no boundaries on format, genre or even age group. The list has quickly established itself as a hallmark of quality, and its books have won several awards including the prestigious CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal. She publishes talents including David Roberts (Suffragette), Sharon King-Chai (Starbird) and Emily Gravett.
Copies of Emily’s new book, 10 Cats, and others will be on sale at the event: https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/emily-gravett/10-cats/9781509857364
We would like to thank Google and The Wynkyn de Worde Society Charitable Trust for their generosity in sponsoring this lecture.
Organiser
Established in 1891 with a clear social and cultural purpose, St Bride Foundation is one of London’s hidden gems.
Housed in a beautiful Grade II listed Victorian building, St Bride Foundation was originally set up to serve the burgeoning print and publishing trade of nearby Fleet Street, and is now finding a new contemporary audience of designers, printmakers and typographers who come to enjoy a regular programme of design events and workshops.
Many thousands of books, printing-related periodicals and physical objects are at the heart of St Bride Library. Volumes on the history of printing, typography, newspaper design and paper-making jostle for space alongside one of the world’s largest and most significant collections of type specimens. The printed, written, carved and cast word may be found at St Bride in its myriad forms. Architectural lettering and examples of applied typography in many media, together with substantial collections of steel punches and casting matrices for metal types are also held in this eclectic collection. The Reading Room is open to visitors twice a month and on other days by appointment. Although we operate on a cost-neutral basis, it is necessary to charge for some of our services. Details are available by emailing the library team at library@sbf.org.uk.
St Bride retains many of its original features, including the baths, laundry, printing rooms and library. As part of the Foundation’s original mission to provide for the community, many of the building’s unique and characterful spaces are available to hire whether for meetings, weddings or classes.
St Bride also houses the popular Bridewell Theatre, and Bridewell Bar (once the laundry), and hosts a year-round programme of plays, comedy, music and exhibitions.
With some 65,000 visitors a year St Bride Foundation is a major London hub for the creative arts in London. We look forward to welcoming you soon.
Venue
St Bride Foundation, Bride Ln, EC4Y 8EQ London
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Brushstrokes, Palettes and Paint Pots: Uncovering the artist behind Meerkat Mail, Wolves and Too Much Stuff
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